Benn There, Done That: Penguins Lose Again
The Penguins continued their stretch run plummet with a 4-2 loss to the Stars last night in Dallas.
About the only thing missing aside from timely scoring, airtight defense and clutch goaltending on our part were about 10 gratuitous shots of Jerry Jones cheering for his team. (Oops…wrong sport.)
The game was pretty much standard fare for our Pens these days. We did some things right. We did more things wrong.
On the plus side of the ledger? We grabbed an early lead on a dirty goal by Michael Bunting, the result of some determined cycling and a superb backhand pass from Evgeni Malkin behind the net.
Unfortunately, then came the bad.
The Stars knotted the score at 7:16 of the first period on what can be bested described as a goofy-golf goal by ageless Joe Pavelski. His chop shot clunked off Marcus Pettersson’s glove and elevated just enough to walk Tristan Jarry’s shoulder and tumble over the line.
The deciding blows came early in the second frame. Rickard Rakell was whistled for hooking at 5:30.